CNN's Jeremy Diamond began a question to Trump as follows: "I'd also like to ask you about some comments you made on Friday. You were talking about governors of different states and you said, 'I want them to be appreciative.' You also said, 'if they don't treat you right, I don't call.'" After Diamond said the words "if they don't treat you right," Trump said, "But I didn't say that." When Diamond finished the sentence, Trump said "I didn't say that" once more. -- March 29 coronavirus briefing … [Read more...] about Fact check: A list of Trump’s pandemic-related false claims from March 16 through May 3

There is no definitive answer to that. That’s what the show is about: all those things are there. People don’t know why they do things all the time. They think they’re doing one thing, and in retrospect it was something different. That’s again the beauty of this structure, you can play around with that a lot more and come closer to real life. We have all kinds of motivations and all kinds of currents of desire and fear flowing through us. I love the fact that we can explore that. It is impossible to pin down at any one moment exactly what is going on for either character and what exactly is the state of the relationship. Things can drift over time and you can find yourself very far away from shore when you thought you were quite close to the beach. Time plus desire can you lead you to some strange unfamiliar places. … [Read more...] about Michael Sheen’s Masterful Study of Sex and Insecurity